Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The first rule of pricing is: you do not talk about pricing I’ve been slightly obsessed about pricing since 2010. Before joining Fluxx, I was part of the team that changed the price of The Times digital edition from this: The Times digital price pre-2010 To this: The Times digital price post-2010 Introducing what inevitably…
Over the Christmas holidays, I made the decision to forgo perming my hair and go natural. For me, it felt like if I was ever going to come to terms with my black womanhood, then I had to confront my fears. When the hairdresser swivelled the chair so I could see myself in the mirror,…
UPDATE: June Ambrose, a costume designer and creative director who has worked with Jay Z and Beyoncé in the past, weighs in on Twitter. There’s no truth to the rumor, folks. No truth at all to Jay Z and Rachel rumor, ridiculous! — juneambrose (@juneAmbrose) April 24, 2016 See original story below. Anyone who…
Most of the time, they live out nine-to-five routines as psychologists, accountants, mothers, hairdressers and kindergarten teachers. But on nights and weekends they become Bettie Rage, Cheerleader Melissa, Pink Flash Kira, Courtney Rush and Mistress Barbara. In arenas and dark church basements around the city, they put on their spandex costumes and climb into the ring. For…
Vera Farmiga and Eric Bana show strong comic chops, but this limp riff on “Wag the Dog” is barking up the wrong tree. READ MORE: The 2016 Indiewire Tribeca Bible If Ricky Gervais’ amiable but utterly asinine new movie has anything new to say, it’s that Netflix has a bit of a problem. Maybe it’s…
Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade landed on HBO tonight. In the gallery above, you’ll find everything Bey wore across the hour-long film. We’ll be filling in outfit credits as we discover them. So far we know she wore a romantic yellow look by Roberto Cavalli and the bridal gown from her 2008 wedding to Jay Z. (Symbolism! Also,…
For a glimpse into just how precise Facebook ad targeting is getting, look to Washington, D.C. Specifically look to 1849 C Street, N.W., a few blocks from the White House, where you’ll find the headquarters for the Department of the Interior, the federal agency tasked with managing national parks, federal land and natural resources. Alaska…
After she was raped, Madi Barney says, she was afraid to come forward. Though this is somewhat common in sexual assault survivors, Barney’s case is different: She is a student at Brigham Young University, a Mormon-run university with a strict honor code in place. According to a petition she posted online, she was hesitant to…
A few months ago, we were baffled—but also incredibly excited—that Elizabeth Banks would be playing Rita Repulsa, the classic, cackling villain of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, in the upcoming movie. And now that we’ve gotten to see what she looks like, and… no. Not like this, Power Rangers movie. http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-power-rang… Just revealed by People, Bank’s…
In what should honestly not be a surprise to anyone who saw Batman v Superman, it turns out that Batman’s youthful sidekick Robin was also someone who preferred murdering criminals as opposed to sending them through that pesky justice system. As discovered by Digital Spy in their perusal of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of…